Kurzweil K2500RS, Musician'S Manual

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Song Mode
Edit Song: STEP Page
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You can strike more than one note at a time to enter chords. You can also strike several notes
one at a time (holding on to the previous notes) to create a chord. As long as you do not release
all of the notes, the Locate parameter will stay at the same point and the notes will be entered as
a chord. If you want to create a chord where certain notes have longer durations than others,
strike the notes of the chord, then release the notes you wish to be shorter and press the
Step>
button. The window on the right will change to show only the notes you are still holding with
their longer durations.
If you make a mistake while you are entering notes, you have two ways to Þx it. With Dub
Mode set to Merge, if you are still holding the note, you can press the
<Back soft button. If you
set the Dub Mode to Erase, you can just press the <Back button to erase the previous event and
then strike the correct note. Or you can set the Locate parameter to the proper spot and strike
the correct note.
DubMode
DubMode determines if the note events entered in the EditSong : STEP page will merge with, or
erase all other existing MIDI events located on the selected track, and in the Bars and Beats
being Step edited.
You would set DubMode to Erase to replace all existing track data just in the Bars and Beats you
edit. Data before and after the edited locations will be preserved. Set to Merge to add note
events to existing track data.
The DubMode value will reßect the last value given to the Mode parameter on the SongMode :
MAIN page, and if the DubMode in the Step editor is changed, the MAIN page Mode will be
changed to the same value.
Duration
The actual duration of a note event entered in Step time is determined by the values given for
the Duration, ModiÞer, and GateTime parameter.
The Duration parameter sets the base note duration where 1/1 is a whole note, 1/2 is a half
note, 1/32 is a thirtysecond note, and so on. The setting for this parameter, along with its
ModiÞer, determine the size of the jump from the current Song location to the next Step entry
location. The double button press of the Increment/Decrement buttons is one method of
selecting a StepÕs duration.
Use the numeric keypad to quickly select a note duration and modiÞer whenever the cursor is
positioned over the Duration Þeld. These are the keypad duration settings:
1 whole note
2 half note
3 thirtysecond note
4 quarter note
5 sixtyfourth note
6 sixteenth note
7 applies a dotted modiÞer to current duration
8 eighth note
9 applies a triplet modiÞer to current duration
0 removes any modiÞer
Modifier
The ModiÞer parameter allows you to change the Duration value with three standard
modiÞers. Set to None if you do not chose to use a modiÞer.
Use the triplet modiÞer for a resulting duration 2/3 of the value set in the Duration parameter.
(e.g., an eighth note = 240 ticks, an eighth note triplet = 160 ticks).